Sharon Kitchel-Perdue and Susie Young Invited to Participate in Long-Term Care Work Session

Tuesday, January 19

Sharon Kitchel-Perdue, an Individual Provider from Olympia, and Susie Young, an agency home care aide from Spokane, presented before the House Health and Human Services Appropriations committee. They presented alongside consumer advocates and services providers about the impact of budget cuts on the long-term care and developmental disability supports systems.

Susie and Sharon discussed the challenges recruiting and retaining qualified workers, and the impact of the proposed cuts to health insurance and home care hours on consumers and caregivers. Susie and Sharon’s statements were very powerful.

Click here to listen to their testimony (the cameras are pointed toward the legislators, but you can still here Sharon and Susie.)

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